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April exhibit

Abstraction

Valerie playing with light

Photo one: I really like how her first photo makes your eye travel from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. It makes you follow the light into the shadows. She also had shadows at the bottom of the photo.

Photo two: The first thing that caught my eye in this photo is how bright the light is. Once you start to look around you notice the blurred motion. I like how the pillars frame the people on the porch.

Photo three: This photo confused me in the beginning because of the alternative point of view, I thought it was sand at first. I really like the shape and shadows in this photo. I also like how simple it is.

Photo four: I really like how bright the top of the photo is compared the the bottom portion of it. I also like how creepy the tree feels. I like how most of the trees to the left have light in them. Also how the tree in the foreground looks dead and is in the shadow.

Photo five:  I really like how the light is reflected in the water in this photo. The shadow of the trees look really nice as well. I like how the top of the trees are cut of off the photo but you are able to see them in the water. I also like how the water is framed in this photo.

valerie motion and sequence

Photo one: In her first photo is blurred motion. There is a rule of thirds and sequence as well. I like how her daughter on the right is blurred because she is moving the device. I also liked how the smoke covers the person in the background in the middle frame.

Photo two: Her second picture is stop motion. I really like the color in this photo. I also like how she took four frames and it shows the follow threw. The girl starts to the left of the frame and slowly moves to the right of the frame by the last photo, I really liked that.

  Photo three: Her last photo is very interesting, it looks like she took it in a ghost town. This set of photos has a lot of feeling. There are a lot of lines in the second frame and shape in the first one.

Sequence/Motion

Light

Writing Assignment #1

The reason I choose this photograph because it felt very powerful to me. I love how the horse looks off white, I imagine it is a wild horse. This really spoke to me because i don't believe coming across a wild horse is a common occurrence. It made me wonder how the photographer was able to come across this horse and capture this image. The foreground of this photograph is very green, alive, very natural and earthy feeling. The background seems almost dead because of the darkness and not as natural because  the power lines. It almost seems like it could be two separate photographs. I really had to stop and look at every detail in this photograph when I came across it. I like the motion in this photograph. It makes me start in the lower right hand corner and follow the direction of the horse. I also find myself following the power lines in the same direction along with the road in the background. It makes you wonder what the horse is running from or where it is running to. This photograph gives you a very calm  mellow feeling, it feels like it is about to start drizzling. 

Composition

Shutter speed: 1/4000

f/4.5

Compositional strategy: movement

Shutter speed:1/2500

f/4.5

Compositional strategy: close frame

Shutter speed: 1/3200

f/5.6

Compositional strategy: symmetrical balance

Shutter speed: 1/1250

f/5.6

Compositional strategy: frame with in a frame

Shutter speed: 1/4000

f3.5

Compositional strategy: movement

Shutter speed: 1/10

f/5.6

Compositional strategy: converging lines

Shutter speed:1/4000

f/4

Compositional strategy: shape

Shutter speed:1/5

f/5.6

Compositional strategy: movement

Shutter speed:1/6

f/5.6

Compositional strategy: asymmetrical balance

Shutter speed: 1/4

f/5.6

Compositional strategy: curvilinear lines

In class assignment

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